Obsession’s Edge

Chapter 4

Beiling Experimental High School, a private high school, is the second-ranked key high school in Beiling City. It is ranked according to the passing rate of the first grade of the college entrance examination, second only to the 95% passing rate of the first grade of Beiling No. 1 Middle School. However, if ranked according to the overall level, Beiling is truly the first among Beiling high schools.

Beijing Experimental University pays attention to the cultivation of students' comprehensive quality and innovative thinking. There are many sports and literary societies here, which have won many honors in various competitive competitions across the country. There are countless athletes, dancers, and musicians who have gone out from here and made achievements in their respective fields.

Jian Yi was a member of the Beijing Experimental Fencing Club, but he won the provincial fencing championship last year and was selected to join the provincial team. When there are competitions, he will go back to the provincial team for training. It has been more than two months since the start of his senior year of high school, and he has only been to school once.

Today is the second time he has returned to school this semester. When he appeared on campus, he immediately caused a sensation.

From the moment he entered the school gate, he was followed by many girls. Until he entered the classroom, the girls did not leave. They crowded at the door and window to look into the classroom.

Jian Yi walked to her seat in the last row, put her schoolbag on another chair, stretched out her hand and pulled the chair in front of her and sat down.

He didn't like sharing the same table with others. There happened to be an odd number of people in the class, so the head teacher arranged for him to sit alone.

"Ah Shi, I thought you wouldn't come today!" Luo Wentao sat down on the chair next to him and raised his hand to put on his shoulder.

Jian Yishi pushed away his hand on her shoulder, "Don't get so close, you have bad breath!"

"Hahaha, smelly Taotao, don't you forget to brush your teeth again!" Hou Shi also came over.

"Go away, I spent a full three minutes brushing this morning." Luo Wentao became angry, stood up, and was about to hit someone.

Hou Fu quickly dodged it and bent down to take a carton of milk from the drawer next to Jian Yishi, "Oh, that's great. I just didn't have breakfast."

Jian Yishi grabbed his wrist and glanced at her drawer with a frown. Her meaning was very clear. If you want to take it, you have to help me clean the drawer first.

Hou Jian sighed: "You are really hard-hearted, and those girls outside will be heartbroken again."

Luo Wentao clicked his tongue and said, "That's right, cold-hearted."

Luo Wentao and Hou Xi took out all the beautiful pink and blue envelopes in a drawer and went back and forth three times before throwing hundreds of love letters into the trash can.

Then the two of them took out some of the various cakes and snacks in another drawer, picked what they liked, and sat down to eat.

"Ah Shi, compared with your fairy sister, those in our school have become vulgar fans. It's not a pity to lose the love letter." Luo Wentao said.

Jian Yi paused slightly while taking out the tissue, and a pair of clear eyes inexplicably appeared in his mind, moist and clear, with red and swollen eyes around them.

Hou Fu noticed that Jian Yi was distracted and couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder, "No, I'm so envious of Ah Shi. I get to see the fairy sister every day."

Jian Yi came back to her senses, glanced coldly at Hou Zhen's hand on her shoulder, and sneered: "Whoever likes it can take it away!"

Luo Wentao: "I would like to take it away, if you are willing to come with me."

Hou Zhiqu withdrew his hand: "Just forget it, you have bad breath!"

"You f*****g have bad breath! Your whole family has bad breath!" Luo Wentao was furious.

Jian Yi ignored them and just took out one wet paper towel after another and wiped the desk over and over again.

After the first class, there was a sound of footsteps in the corridor, as well as whistles and cheers from boys, and whispers from girls.

"Look, it's the school beauty!"

"Why is the school beauty here?"

"Come to see Jian Yi."

Luo Wentao and Hou Xu stood up one after another, walked to the back door, stood on the edge of the door frame, stretched their heads and looked out.

"It's really the school beauty here, and her sisters." Luo Wentao nudged Hou Xi with his elbow.

The two of them looked at each other and hurriedly ran back to Jian Yishi. They sat down respectively, straightening their backs and acting like a young master.

Although there are many girls chasing Mr. Luo and Mr. Hou, they are the school belle, the goddess of all the boys in the school.

Qin Banruo and two girls walked in from the back door of the classroom.

She walked up to Jian Yishi, who was still concentrating on doing the questions and didn't care at all about what was happening around her.

Qin Banruo curled her fingers and clasped the table. The clear sound was accompanied by her clear and naughty voice, "Jian Yi Shi."

Jian Yi raised her head, and a bright, hibiscus-like smile bloomed in front of her eyes up close.

He still had an indifferent expression on his face. He glanced at her face lightly, lowered his head and continued to work on the questions, and replied to her calmly: "What's the matter?"

"How about having lunch together?" Qin Banruo invited him directly.

Jian Yi said without raising his head, "No."

Qin Banruo transferred to Beiling Experimental High School in her second year of high school. As soon as she transferred, she replaced the original school beauty and became the goddess in the eyes of all the boys in the school. She was shining and loved wherever she went.

Jian Yi was selected into the provincial team when she was a sophomore in high school. She didn't have much time in school, but she had noticed him for a long time and tried every means to attract his attention. Unfortunately, he never looked at her twice.

This time I heard that he was going back to school, so I decided to take the initiative.

Qin Banruo was rejected for the first time. He frowned but still refused to give up, "Have you made an appointment?"

Before Jian Yi could say anything, Luo Wentao interrupted with a smile: "Yes, he made an appointment with us."

Qin Banruo immediately relaxed his brows and smiled sweetly, "Then you don't mind if I come with you?"

Luo Wentao was about to speak when Jian Yishi's sharp eyes swept over him, and he did not dare to say anything.

"I don't mind. Please go away and don't hinder my study." Jian Yishi said expressionlessly.

He said the honorific "trouble" in his mouth, but it was in a tone that was not polite at all.

It was the first time that a boy rejected her so directly. Qin Banruo couldn't bear to lose face. His eyes suddenly turned red and he turned around and left.

Her two sisters hurriedly followed her.

"Oh, Ah Shi, you are so cruel. The school beauty even cried because of you." Hou Jian clicked his tongue twice.

Luo Wentao also said: "That's right, if you want to refuse, be polite. She is the school beauty. By the way, the school beauty is so white, so white that she shines."

"It's indeed white, as white as milk tofu..." Hou Fang agreed.

The two good brothers found a common topic again and started chatting side by side.

Jian Yi suddenly remembered the scene in the morning again.

After the door is opened, what comes into view is a piece of crystal clear white, like the crystal clear and distant snow on the distant mountains in winter.

The thin lake-blue shoulder straps hung on the girl's shoulder blades. The shoulders, as white as snow, as slender and tender, seemed to break with a gentle pinch.

Jingle bell, the school bell is ringing.

Jian Yi was startled by the ringtone, her hand shook, and the pen drew a long stroke on the paper.

Jian Yi frowned, really seeing a ghost.

At noon, Jian Yi took Luo Wentao and others to a newly opened Hong Kong-style restaurant near the school for dinner.

After ordering the dishes, Luo Wentao and the other three chatted animatedly, except for brief moments when one of them was looking at their mobile phones.

Luo Wentao called him twice, but he didn't hear him. He couldn't help but be curious, so he leaned over and took a look, "Ah Shi, what are you looking at? You are so focused."

Jian Yi immediately put out his phone, but Luo Wentao still glanced at it and read out in confusion: "China Southern Airlines flight accident, all 168 people on board China Southern Airlines flight NM8018 were killed on October 16..."

"Isn't that the China Southern Airlines flight accident half a month ago?" Hou Fang looked over and asked, "Ah Shi, when did you start caring about this?"

Jian Yi picked up the glass of water in front of her and took a sip without saying a word.

"That accident was really tragic. My mother had a female colleague who was also on that plane. She was only in her 30s and had a daughter who was only 2 years old... We always thought it was a long time, but there are many people who we will never see again in this life..." Yang Yang was more emotional. He adjusted his glasses frame, his eyes a little red.

Everyone was silent. What was rare was that Jian Yishi did not interrupt him and allowed him to make this long series of literate and emotional remarks.

Hou Shi was the first to come to his senses and had not forgotten to torture Jian Yi, "Ah Shi, something is wrong with you. Why do you suddenly look like this?"

"Why can't I watch?" Jian Yishi retorted slowly.

Luo Wentao also said: "It's been half a month. If you stopped reading it a long time ago and you're looking at it now, there must be something fishy."

Jian Yishi sneered, "How do you know I haven't seen it?"

Luo Wentao and Hou Xu seemed to have heard some funny joke, and they both grinned. One laughed so hard that he fell forward and back, and the other laughed so hard that he held his stomach.

Jian Yishi pursed her thin lips slightly, and her black eyes glanced at the two of them coldly, "What a smile!"

"I'm sorry, Ah Shi, it's really funny. It's the funniest joke I've heard this year." Hou Shi said unkindly.

Yang Yang patted Jian Yishi's shoulder: "Brother Shi, ignore them. I believe you. Underneath your ruthless appearance, you actually have a soft heart."

Jian Yi's forehead twitched and he coughed lightly, "You have such a rich imagination."

"Pfft, hahaha..." Hou Fang and Luo Wentao couldn't help laughing.

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After the third period in the afternoon, Jian Yi went to the cafeteria for a quick dinner, then dragged his luggage to the school fencing hall.

One month later, the annual "Ling Qing Cup" fencing championship will be held in Beiling.

Jian Yishi, as the defending champion of the previous two "Ling Qing Cup", will also represent Beiling Experiment this time. The school has high hopes for him, hoping that he can help the school win the individual championship and team championship again.

Although Jian Yishi joined the provincial fencing team half a year ago, his file is still at Beiling Experimental High School. When the provincial team came to adjust his file, the school's fencing team made a request, hoping to coordinate the transfer after this year's "Ling Qing Cup".

Jian Yishi was also grateful for the training the school's fencing team had given him over the past two years, especially the help his mentor had given him, so he agreed without any hesitation.

Although the leaders of the provincial team were unhappy, they agreed to it in Jian Yishi. They had no choice but to agree.

According to the arrangement, during the period when Jian Yi returned to school, he would attend classes during the day and then go to the school fencing team for training after school in the afternoon.

Training camps usually start at 6 pm and end at 10 pm.

In order to facilitate training, many team members live in the school dormitories. When Jian Yi went out in the morning, he also brought his luggage to the school and planned to live in the dormitory.

After the training session, Jian Yishi took a shower at the fencing hall and came out. It was already 10:30.

"Ah Shi, let's go, go back to sleep. I'm so exhausted." Teammate Li Hao came over and wanted to pat his shoulder, but when he met Jian Yishi's cold eyes, he froze in mid-air, scratched his head instead and said to him.

Jian Yi said "ok" and walked out of the fencing hall with him towards the dormitory building.

Walking downstairs to the dormitory, Jian Yishi suddenly stopped. Li Hao asked doubtfully, "What's wrong?"

"I have to go home tonight." Jian Yishi said, then waved to Li Hao, turned around and ran into the night.

The night was as dark as ink, and the late autumn evening breeze was already slightly chilly. The young man ran against the wind, feeling his blood boiling all over for no reason.